Basic tasks

• Licensing and supervision of commercial air carriers
  • Flight operations
  • Airline finances
• Issue of entry permissions for foreign air carriers
• Issue of permissions to operate scheduled air services for German and foreign air carriers
• Issue of exit permissions for German air carriers
• Ramp checks at German airports
• Supervision of security measures to be applied by German and foreign air carriers
• Acceptance and authorization of "regulated agents" or "regulated postal services" for cargo, mail and express parcels
• Approval for the transport of dangerous goods
• Aircraft registration
  • Certificates of Registration
  • Certificates of Airworthiness
• Aircraft registration